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How a Bottle of Vitamins Helped Save a Tom Petty Hit

Tom Petty wrote most of the Heartbreakers‘ songs, but guitarist Mike Campbell‘s role in the band over the years should not be ...
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The 10 Best Tom Petty Songs From the 21st Century

Tom Petty would begin an interesting three-pronged career resurgence not long after the 21st Century got underway. He was also incredibly prolific: When he died in 2017, he’d already released three ...
American Songwriter

3 of the Best Opening Lines From Tom Petty Songs

There is something just so quintessentially American about rock artist Tom Petty. His songs are woven into the tapestry of the country like the stars and stripes are woven into the flag. He’s poetic ...
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The songs that made us: A personal journey through Tom Petty’s music

Image by Takahiro Kyono from Tokyo, Japan - Tom Petty & Steve Ferrone, CC BY 2.0 As we prepare for The Tom Petty 6th annual tribute show at Skipper’s Smokehouse on October 4th, let’s dive into the ...

Tom Petty and Mike Campbell on the song they couldn’t give Stevie Nicks — and the one they did that became a hit

For all that's made of Stevie Nicks’ songwriting partnership with former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, her ...

The Tom Petty song that was completed by Ann Wilson: “They could have developed it more”

Ann Wilson enjoyed performing covers and reshaping them in her images, which she did with what she deemed an unfinished Tom ...
American Songwriter

3 Hit Songs Written but Not Originally Performed by Tom Petty

There is and will always be something so quintessentially American about Tom Petty. His voice just sounds like amber waves of grain. For the Gainesville, Florida-born rocker, music was in his DNA. He ...
NPR

Tom Petty to 'Fresh Air': 'The songs mean a lot to people, and it means a lot to me'

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. If you've been watching the Apple TV+ series "Bad Monkey," you've heard some great covers of Tom Petty songs, like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WON'T BACK DOWN ...

The album Tom Petty said was too tricky for Ringo Starr: “Trickier than you thought, aren’t they?”

Despite Ringo Starr being one of the greatest drummers of all time, Tom Petty knew some tunes could knock him on his ass.
Rolling Stone

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ ‘Long After Dark’ Gets Deluxe Reissue With Unreleased Songs

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Long After Dark will get the deluxe treatment this fall with a new reissue that pairs the original 1982 album with an additional disc of unreleased music from the era.
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Hear Eddie Vedder’s New Version of Tom Petty’s ‘Room at the Top’

Eddie Vedder has finally released a studio version of "Room at the Top," the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' song he's been covering live for years. Vedder has long been a fan of Petty and his work, ...
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Tom Petty to 'Fresh Air': 'The songs mean a lot to people, and it means a lot to me'

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame the first year they were eligible, in 2002. As a member of the band the Traveling Wilburys, from '88 to '90, Petty ...